izzyizumi reblogged
If you ever feel like you don't contribute to fandom because you "only" comment—
A regular serial commenter just joined a fandom Discord server I'm on and people are coming out of the woodwork to thank her for her service to the fandom, expressing how much joy her comments on their works bring them.
Remember—they're never only comments.
If you're a reader who gets nervous about leaving comments, please take a moment to read the notes on this post. The tags alone have been giving me life for the past week, and it's honestly lovely.
#fandom#fandom positivity#fanworks#fanfiction#(Posts thanking commenters and lurkers in general make me so happy too)#(Because for so long)#(Literally the 10+ years since I was Younger Me in my various fandoms)#(All i could really do was comment)#(And make amateur AMVs for slow anime fandoms and low effort fansites)#(I'm just glad if even my smaller rambling comments on my o.t.ps works makes ppl happy)#(My fansites all died in the fandom purges like the Geocities purge)#(So I mainly just stuck to commenting after and throwing)#(Amvs and low quality caps and gifs into my Void)#(I may not be able to write novel length comments or)#(Constructive criticism where requested)#(Comments as much anymore)#(Like I used to)#autism relevant#nonverbal issues#(But I still try)#(Even just a 'thank you so much for posting this!' etc)#(if I'm commenting on a work it typically means I found something)#(Nice or intriguing about it or something that made me look)#(At the topic differently!)#(Itd just be nice if more of wider fandom could like. Understand. That)#(I've seen people here constantly completely misinterpret others Positive comments)#(As 'hating on' the source material of things involved and it drives me up a Wall)#(???? If I hated the thing I would not be commenting on it or fanworks for it at all??!)#(Just . Saying)